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PeopleSoft Expands Oracle Corp. Suit.

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)

| August 13, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Contra Costa Times. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Aug. 13--PeopleSoft Inc. on Tuesday expanded its lawsuit to block Oracle Corp.'s $7.3 billion hostile takeover bid, alleging it has "extensive new facts" about Oracle's efforts to scuttle PeopleSoft's merger with J.D. Edwards & Co., mislead and poach its customers, and sabotage its business.

PeopleSoft said it amended its original lawsuit filed in June in Alameda County Superior Court to detail what it called Oracle's sham takeover bid designed to "cripple PeopleSoft's ability to sell its software."

It also alleges that Oracle's public statements about PeopleSoft's merger with J.D. Edwards were intended to scare off potential customers.

"There were …

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